A missing dog was found stuck in mud - six days after he went missing.
Dog survives after six days missing
Toby, the border collie, swam 200 metres across the River Tyne and was exhausted and covered in seaweed when he was rescued by firefighters, the Metro reported.
His owner, Chris Knowles, was amazed when he discovered that the 14-year-old pooch had swam the breadth of the river.
He said: ''There's life in the old boy yet. With his age, I thought I wasn't going to get him back. I thought the worst, I feared that would have been it and I wasn't going to see him again. It was a total surprise because he has never been a swimmer. A
''s a pup he was afraid of the sea. It's possible he fell in and was carried some way by the tide. I am amazing by it.''
Toby was covered in cuts and bruises and had lost a lot of weight.
Chris believes his ''best friend'' ran out of the house when his door flung open because of the windy weather and he spent five hours wandering the streets trying to find him.
When someone got in touch about Toby, Chris said: ''I dropped my phone when I got the call, it was like Christmas and all my birthdays had all come at once.
''He's my life, my dogs are my children and he's my best friend.''